{"id":747,"date":"2015-06-24T07:34:47","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T07:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablelife.spiderstudio.co.uk\/?p=747"},"modified":"2015-06-24T07:34:47","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T07:34:47","slug":"borage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablelifebirmingham.co.uk\/index.php\/freefood\/borage\/","title":{"rendered":"Borage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Name:<\/strong> Borage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Grassy areas, plots, gardens, forest floors<\/p>\n<p><strong>Months:<\/strong> All Year Round<\/p>\n<p><strong>Edible Parts:<\/strong> Flowers, Leaves<\/p>\n<p><strong>WARNING:<\/strong> Not to be confused with Foxglove and Comfrey.<br \/>\nFoxglove &#8211; feel the leaves, are they soft and fur like? If so then you probably found foxglove before it flowered which is poisonous.<br \/>\nComfrey &#8211; Flowers are purple instead of blue. Comfrey is the perrenial version of borage which is annual.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/suslife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/11258875_10153264776796774_7915519096750046815_n1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-748\" alt=\"11258875_10153264776796774_7915519096750046815_n\" src=\"http:\/\/suslife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/11258875_10153264776796774_7915519096750046815_n1.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Borage works much like Comfrey in the compost bin as a brilliant plant stimulant for leafy growth. However, it is also considered an edible herb with tasty crisp leaves (if a bit furry). Some report they taste liek cucumber but I am less convinced. The flowers are also edible and as such make a brilliant garnish and addition to salad mixes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/suslife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/10357526_10153379110391774_1673410880863096489_n1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-749\" alt=\"10357526_10153379110391774_1673410880863096489_n\" src=\"http:\/\/suslife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/10357526_10153379110391774_1673410880863096489_n1.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Collected leaves and flowers from the borage plants on my allotment. Many garden shops now sell borage seeds to grow yourself and they excellent plants for attracting bees.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/suslife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/11209494_10153379184001774_2654465978060500381_n1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-750\" alt=\"11209494_10153379184001774_2654465978060500381_n\" src=\"http:\/\/suslife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/11209494_10153379184001774_2654465978060500381_n1.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Borage leaves and flowers used to boost the contents and appearance of Elderflower cordial. I found that in this mixture the leaves slowly turn neon pink from the tips inward creating a pleasing and pretty drink garnish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name: Borage Location: Grassy areas, plots, gardens, forest floors Months: All Year Round Edible Parts: Flowers, Leaves WARNING: Not to be confused with Foxglove and Comfrey. Foxglove &#8211; feel the leaves, are they soft and fur like? If so then you probably found foxglove before it flowered which is poisonous. Comfrey &#8211; Flowers are purple &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablelifebirmingham.co.uk\/index.php\/freefood\/borage\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Borage<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11,18,33,34,12,4,79,35,5,6,13,7,26,22,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-april","category-august","category-december","category-february","category-forage","category-freefood","category-groyourown-allotment","category-january","category-july","category-june","category-march","category-may","category-november","category-october","category-september"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelifebirmingham.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelifebirmingham.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelifebirmingham.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelifebirmingham.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelifebirmingham.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelifebirmingham.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelifebirmingham.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelifebirmingham.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelifebirmingham.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelifebirmingham.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}